Begins to develop a social meaning even though we will be looking at addiction in america ive mentioned that one of the things we will focus on is not america but on england and specifically a man named thomas to quincy so today you have an expert and you read a little about him but who can start us off and tell us who was this man. He was an upperclass early 19th century considered himself a classical philosopher and came to use opium for the relief of a toothache in 1804 and, eventually developed it into a recreational enhancement he enjoyed the opera and the dream state from the transit brought on and eventually developed or degenerated into chronic abuse at its height about 12,000 drops a day okay, great. So we have him beginning for medical use and it continues from there but the excerpt youve read about them, what did you think of them did you get impressions. There is a snobbery theres a strong friday had. He seemed pretty well educated. Hes pretty welleducated, any other commen
Trying to fashion truth is where that came from. Host ising this a hemisphere yes. Host what sense. Guest its a journey. Starts off with me as a child, but it talks about generational traumas, generational the way that Mental Illness shows up in older generations without people knowing what it is called, and then finally going into myself as an adult, being diagnosed, understanding where the pattern is cam from, understanding my relationship with my mother, her relationship with her mother, and how all that comes together. Host tell us about your mother. Guest my mother is an amazing woman. She came from a very difficult background, and it made it difficult for her to parent in a way that was ideal. She did the best she could with what she knew how to do. A very strong woman, but that strength kind of permeated through everything she did and there wasnt a lot of softness after a certain point use was she mentally ill0 is she mentally ill . Guest i cant diagnose her. Host what but yours
Cspan is your unfiltered view of government. We are funded by these Television Companies and more, including cox. It is extremely rare. But friends dont have to be. This is joe. When youre connected, youre not alone. Cox, support cspan as a public service, along th these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. Now a National Security and Health Policy discuss the possible use of the military to combat the illegal flow of fentanyl across the southern border. Topics include legislation in congress that would authorize military boards to target the Mexican Cartel and the consequences of intervention in mexico. Hosted by the cato institute, this runs about an hour and 20 minutes. And 20 minutes. Good afternoon everyone. My name is justin logan, i am the director of defense and Foreign Policy studies at cato. It is my pleasure to welcome you, in this form, an uncommonly formal august afternoon in washington, to our forum on proposals for using u. S. Military at
All right. Good evening. Thats wonderful to see you all again. Most especially the students from university and high school and delighted to have back the last time some of may have seen don, it was during covid had to do a webinar version its much better have back in person. I feel fortunate i kind of a friend and through the council now i think we know each other about ten years. Youre one of the worlds foremost experts on the cartels and the narco violence that goes along with it in mexico. But youve also covered Central America of brazil, gangs in jamaica we will get to yemens book and a little bit later, gun money about the flow of of a huge number of weapons flowing in the united into mexico, but just because its so much in the news lately, i just want to look a little bit more at. The fentanyl crisis and maybe. Can you those people come to some of the basics and why it is kind of in recent years, a lot of the cartels in mexico have taken a shift away from almost what wed call pl
Again. Most especially the students from university and high school and delighted to have back the last time some of may have seen don, it was during covid had to do a webinar version its much better have back in person. I feel fortunate i kind of a friend and through the council now i think we know each other about ten years. Youre one of the worlds foremost experts on the cartels and the narco violence that goes along with it in mexico. But youve also covered Central America of brazil, gangs in jamaica we will get to yemens book and a little bit later, gun money about the flow of of a huge number of weapons flowing in the united into mexico, but just because its so much in the news lately, i just want to look a little bit more at. The fentanyl crisis and maybe. Can you those people come to some of the basics and why it is kind of in recent years, a lot of the cartels in mexico have taken a shift away from almost what wed call plant based, you know, narcotics, you know, the huge field